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No. 42 of 1912.
CHINESE MARRIAGE PRESERVATION.
Husband upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(3) No proceedings shall be capable of being instituted only to have under the provisions of this section except at the instance of the husband of the woman who has committed adultery.
power to institute proceedings.
Penalty for harbouring Chinese married woman without reasonable excuse.
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Powers as to award of compensation to injured husband.
Procedure on default of payment.
Sale of property seized.
Claims in respect of property seized.
4. Every person who without reasonable excuse receives or harbours any Chinese woman married according to the laws or customs of China who has left the protection of her husband shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
5.--(1) The magistrate in addition to the penalty provided under the provisions of this Ordinance may order any person convicted of an offence against the provisions of section 3 (1) or of section 4 to pay to the husband of any woman with whom such convicted person shall have committed adultery, or whom such convicted person shall have received or harboured, compensation which-
(a) in the case of an offence under section 3 (1) shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars.
(b) in the case of an offence under section 4 shall not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars.
(2) In default of payment of the whole or any part of the said compensation, it shall be lawful for the magistrate to issue a warrant of distress on the goods and chattels of the person convicted and to appoint any fit person or persons to execute the same,
(3) Any goods or chattels seized under any such warrant of distress may be sold by the person executing the same for the purpose of paying the said compensation and the costs of the execution and sale.
(4) Where a claim shall be made to or in respect of property taken in execution under the provisions of this section, by any person other than the party against whom such execution shall have issued, such claim shall be heard and
*As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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